If you contact us today our experienced team of property purchasing professionals will be able provide you with an accurate offer subject to inspection over the phone.
One of our market leading offers allows you to sell your house fast for the closest to market value available. Many say that this is the fairest deal around. Terms & Conditions do apply.
The amount that we agree to pay at the formal offer stage is the amount you will receive. These costs include the RICS surveyor fees, solicitor fees and any other associated costs.
The market value for your home is always determined by an independent RICS surveyor. We believe we are one of the fairest and most ethical house buyers around.
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Do You Need all Cash within Two weeks? If not then our Assisted Sale Purchase can make you an upfront payment from the equity in your house on Day 1 and the balancing payment settled on final resale.
Different to many of our competitors who may just be able to offer a straight cash sale we also
have a variety of other options available.
For example, our market leading Assisted Sale is a
popular choice and allows us a bit more time to achieve a great price for your home, often the
price we can pay is around 10% more than the highest cash offers available.
• Essentially it’s an exchange with a delayed completion
The amount we agree to buy your house for is set in stone and we can exchange quickly – In
as fast as 7 days.
• You receive an upfront payment of the agreed purchase price on Day 1 – This is a payment from the equity in your home.
• We take over the responsibility of the property on exchange – You have to move out.
• Completion is guaranteed and further supported by our cash fund.
• You typically receive 10% more than the highest cash offer quotes available.
There are other favourable options available, so please take the time to contact our purchasing
team today. We usually offer both a quick cash sale quote and an Assisted Sale quote. If you
don’t need all the cash in a particularly fast time i.e within a couple of weeks and you have up to
3 months available until you need to fully complete then our Assisted Sale offer allows you to
achieve both a guaranteed sale and an amount that's closer to the market value of your home.
At Direct House Buyer we wish to provide our sellers with a offer that’s as near to the 100% market value as possible. For that reason it’s important to take care with any price reductions you make so that you don’t unwittingly affect the true value of your home. It’s difficult to imagine that your house value could be affected through your own actions but it can.
Usually by the time our customers contact us their properties have been on the market for longer than they initially anticipated and quite often they would have already reduced their asking price. This is usually through the suggestion from their estate agent who realistically has little power to attract new buyers. They ultimately want to sell your home and don’t always have the sellers best interests at heart. If you express to your agent that you wish to sell your house quickly and in turn they suggest that you reduce your asking price they probably won’t caution you that this will in effect lower the market value of your house.
In practice it’s a surveyors job to determine the market value for your home and even if the surveyor truly believes that your house is worth more than what you are asking, unfortunately they can’t value your house at a higher price than what is advertised and in their opinion it’s current price is the market value. At the same time even if you take the house off the market or put the price back up it’s the surveyors job to check Rightmove Plus which shows a historical database of listed prices and once again they won’t value your home any higher than the lowest price it was recently advertised at. The same applies to a mortgage lender, they wouldn’t wish to pay more for a house now than if they could have bought at cheaper price and limited their exposure a few weeks back, they would establish the previous listed price as the current market value particularly if it didn’t sell at that lower price. Here at Direct House Buyer we want to give you as high a offer as possible so that you will be happy to sell to us and happy with the price you achieve. All our offers are based upon your homes current market value so please contact us first.
The quickest way to sell your house through Direct House Buyer is to complete via a straight cash sale, you can sell your house fast in a hassle free way and at a timescale that suits your situation, usually within two to three weeks. Similar to other industry leaders our cash offer will not be as close to the market value as some of our other options that are available. Typically, cash offers are usually around the same amount throughout the industry, however we will always endeavour to provide a better quote than our competitors as we understand that our customers will shop around and receive multiple quotes. If you don’t necessarily need to complete within a couple of weeks and have more time on your hands then we have other options available such as an assisted sale which has a pre-agreed price, exchange and then a slightly delayed completion (typically 3 months) which will result in you receiving a higher price that's closer to the market value of your property. We also offer a convenient route to Auction with access to national auctions being held each month with no fees for the seller.
The Rightmove House Price Index shows the average UK house price for a given month based on asking prices from sellers, it's a good indication of real time sentiment in the market from sellers. However, to see the sentiment from buyers it's important to also look at other indices that are based on sold prices, such as data from The Land Registry. The recent report from Rightmove for November shows the national house price falling by 1.8% to now standing at £364,833, a monthly decrease of £6589. This is reported to be the largest National House Price fall for this time of year since 2012. The full report can be seen here for November's figures.
The larger than expected fall in the national house price has been attributed to fears of what will be announced in November's budget. The Chancellor Rachel Reeves had been dropping hints for months that there will be another tax grab in the budget similar to last year and this atmosphere made potential house buyers sit and wait to see what was announced. Rumours such as the introduction of a property tax for homes that are worth more than £2 million, dubbed a "Mansion Tax" affected sales in the highest end of the market and sales of properties worth more than £2 million are down 13% since the same time last year. There were also concerns for properties worth more than £500,000 that they may be largely affected by rumoured Stamp Duty changes and that there may even be changes to Capital Gains Tax rules and Council Tax Bands. Furthermore, the market is still experiencing a decade high amount of property being offered for sale so for those who need to sell quickly we have been seeing further reductions in asking prices. On the 26th November the budget was announced, albeit prematurely as the (OBR) Office for Budget Responsibility accidentally released the key announcements an hour before the chancellor gave her speech. The fears of how the budget may affect the property market turned out to amount to two changes a Mansion Tax and additional tax for Landlords. The Mansion Tax is to be an added charge to the council tax for properties worth more than £2 million at different bands depending on the value of the home starting from £2500 per year to £7500 for homes worth more than £5 million. The explanation that homes which are worth far less have been paying less council tax than multi million pound homes has made this new Mansion Tax seem acceptable for many. For properties worth around the £2 million price mark we may see that they reduce their asking price to fall below the threshold and attract buyers who are not prepared to pay the added rate of tax. For Landlords the new Landlord Tax will mean that they will need to pay an additional 2% income tax. Landlords have been hit hard by government changes in recent years from the removal of tax relief on their mortgage interest and also having to pay extra stamp duty for owning a second home. It is now a concern that this extra 2% tax liability may result in Landlords pushing up rents.
A summary of the fastest moving regions through to the slowest for figures produced in November can be seen in the table below, it shows the average amount of days that it takes to sell a house in The UK. At the top of the table Scotland remains the fastest region to sell a house taking 34 days. The North East is the fastest region in England at 55 days. The South West has now moved to the bottom of the list of regions, taking the longest time to sell a home in The UK at 74 days.
1. Scotland – 34 Days
2. North East – 55 Days
3. North West – 61 Days
4. West Midlands – 66 Days
5. Yorkshire & The Humber – 68 Days
6. East of England – 70 Days
7. South East – 70 Days
8. East Midlands – 71 Days
9. Wales – 71 Days
10. London – 72 Days
11. South West – 74 Days
The below list shows the monthly change in the amount of days it takes for a seller to find a buyer who has agreed to buy their house. The figures produced by Rightmove show the difference in time for properties that have been advertised "For Sale" and then changed to "STC" (subject to completion). The most recent figures show that it took an average 66 days to sell a house in the UK during October, which is two days slower than it took last month and 4 days slower than the same time last year.
1. January 2025 – 77 Days
The UK House Price Index is the most accurate source of information as it is based on sold prices recorded at The Land Registry, it shows that the average house price was £271,531, for figures reported for September. The Land registry data shows a monthly house price fall of 0.6%. The National House price stands at 2.6% higher than the same time last year.
The Bank of England interest rate has remained at 4%, the rate was last reduced by a quarter of a percent on August 7th 2025. It has been widely expected that the base rate will remain the same until the current rate of inflation which is alarmingly 3.6% starts to fall more towards the target of 2%.The next meeting is on the 18th December 2025.
The Government have a new form of reporting data called Private Rent and House Prices. It shows the relationship between house prices and private rent. In the November report it can be seen that the cost of renting has risen 5% in the past year, this is 0.5% lower than last month which reported 5.5%. Tenants are still being squeezed between paying higher prices at the shops and utilities and also facing higher rent. The rise in the cost of renting has been put down to inflation, there is now a fear that the Landlord tax of an extra 2% income tax that was announced in the 2025 budget may result in Landlords passing this cost onto their tenants and raise the cost of renting. The report also focuses on house prices and says that the UK national house price has increased year on year by 2.6% and gives the rounded up figure of £272,000. The rate of house price growth has slowed from previously being 3.1% in August.
After months of uncertainty of what the chancellor may announce in the budget is now out the way certainty may help move the property market forward. Even though wealthy property owners at the higher end of the market will be hit with and added tax, it is thought that they will be able to largely afford this extra cost of owning a home. The lower end of the property market and your average house buyer and seller have been left unaffected by budget changes regarding property and we may now see a new surge in transaction activity.
The Chancellor's Spring Statement reconfirms the government's ambition to build 1.5 million homes in the next five years. This goal will result in houses being built at the fastest pace in the past 40 years. Recent planning reforms which remove a lot of red tape for builders will result in an extra 170000 homes being built by 2030 making the government more likely to achieve their ambitious target. The Chancellor also announced that The Government made a £2bn down payment towards the Affordable Homes Programme, this will help buyers with shared ownership schemes and also help contribute towards social housing. A further £300 million in grant funding will deliver a further 2800 homes. There are many industry professionals who feel that these are unrealistic expectations. In a Survey of 300 industry professionals 95% don't think that the government will be able to acheive their targets. In a report produced on 26th September 2025 it is said that the Government is "off track" with meeting its target of 1.5 million homes by August 2029 and has built 231,300 homes during the period of 9th July 2024 and 14th September 2025 which is 15.4% of their target of 1.5 million homes, the report concludes that the government needs to "pick up the pace" or else at this rate it would take an extra six and a half years.
Predictions for property market hotspots in 2026 have started to be discussed. We could expect to see the most amount of growth in areas which have been undervalued for many years such as Wales and The North West. These regions have already been increasing in price far quicker than the likes of London and the South West in recent months and this trend is predicted to continue next year.
Conservatives pledge to abolish Stamp Duty if they are re-elected. Not many people have become too excited about this news as the next election may not happen until 2029. If Stamp Duty was abolished one would expect a sharp rise in house prices. Since the news people have questioned how the shortfall in the treasury would be replaced. It is speculated that abolishing Stamp Duty would benefit the wealthy who can afford to be on the property ladder but benefits to the poorest or those with disabilities may be cut.
Londoners will be most affected by the new Mansion Tax. Out of the 1434 properties sold last year 940 which is 66% were in London. It is feared that a Mansion Tax will freeze the higher end of the property market in London. It should also be considered that a lot of property owners who bought many years ago in London are indeed sitting on a very valuable nest egg but they have achieved this valuation through an increase in house prices and their own personal wealth and cash reserve may not reflect the value of the home that they live in, particularly with the current cost of living crisis. The new mansion Tax may even force people to sell their home and that could result in an influx of properties worth more than £2 million being sold.
Many people wonder the what term We Buy any House actually means. This term is used throughout the property buying industry but does come with some terms and conditions. Of course all companies could make some sort of offer on any property as essentially everything has a price so in being able to make offers on each and every enquiry is entirely possible. However, some companies endeavour to buy any home more than others. Various reasons that are usually associated to the property itself could stop an offer being made, such as:
-Structural issues that could cost more than what’s feasible to repair, essentially writing off a property. We come across property’s everyday that need remedial work and that’s’ fine. For example if your home requires further damp proofing before a surveyors inspection this is something that we can factor into the deal. But if the property requires major structural work that costs more than the amount that you will receive after paying any mortgage off, then unfortunately we wouldn’t be able to help in this example. Here are some examples of what to look out for in a survey report
-The property is unmortgageable and this could be for a variety of different reasons Your home may have a short lease that can’t be renewed or the property may need renovation works to pass a surveyors inspection.
The Location – At Direct House Buyer we can buy houses all across the UK whether it’s a busy city location or of the most rural of properties. Certain restrictions apply to what type of deals we can offer in Scotland and unfortunately we can’t purchase homes in Northern Ireland.
We get many enquiries from Landlords who are looking to sell some of their portfolio for a variety of different reasons, Often landlords ask if they can sell a tenanted property and the answer is Yes. We are able to buy properties that are tenanted but the terms of the tenancy must be fair and at the market rate. If you are a Landlord who is wishing to free up some cash or even just tired of your landlord duties and finally wish to sell up, then please contact one of our advisors today to discuss your specific requirements.
At Direct House Buyer you sell your property directly to us. Our head office uses it’s own cash fund to help facilitate straight cash sales, Assisted Sale and delayed completions. No need to wait for a buyer to walk though your door, you dictate the time that you want to sell and the price you will eventually receive is set in stone, before any transaction begins. The amount that you receive on completion is also free from any fee’s and associated costs as these are covered by ourselves.
When speaking to one of our advisors, you will be asked a series of questions regarding your property and based on this and comparable prices in your area our specialist will be able to give you a preliminary price (which is subject to inspection) on the initial phone call conversation.
Once you have considered our offer to buy your house and are happy with the price, timescale and terms, we will then further inspect your property. At Direct House Buyer we cover all fee’s and costs so at our expense and still of no commitment to yourselves we will instruct the following to further examine your property:
1) Two Independent estate agents who will have local knowledge and will be local to your area
2) A Independent RICS Surveyor will be Instructed to visit your property
3) A Solicitor will be instructed that you can choose from our own panel. Or if you wish to instruct your own solicitor then we can contribute towards the fees.
4) We will meet the pre agreed exchange and completion dates. You can even choose to exchange first and delay completion to a timescale that best suits your situation.
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors RICS As mentioned all market valuations are approved by an independent RICS Surveyor leaving you rest assured that our offer is based on the fair market value for your home.
Guide to selling your house A step by step guide to selling your home, It includes handy information regarding stamp duty, estate agents etc
Breaking out of a housing chain helpful information regarding being stuck in a chain, we receive many enquiries from sellers looking for a solution to this problem.
Selling your house yourself a more common trend these days for homeowners to take the process of selling their home into their own hands, here’s a guide full of the pro’s and con’s of doing it yourself and what to look out for.
Helpful advice to help you sell your house faster, certain tips in here are a easy fix to help improve the value of your home.
Money Saving Expert provides a very handy guide which includes tips of how to sell your house quickly and comparisons between online agents, high street estate agents and selling privately. Getting a EPC certificate and the possibility of selling your house first and moving into rented accomodation before you buy your next home are all considered. The option of selling to an online house buyer hasn’t been compared but information with that comparison can be found here
Get in touch with us today and a member of our experienced purchasing team will be able to provide you with a variety of different offers that can be tailored to suit your needs. Our offers will vary according to a few different variables:
Your property location – Off course you can’t physically change the location of your house and if you feel that it’s the location of your property that may be making it difficult to sell then that may not be a problem for us. Our team of house buyers are experienced in purchasing property throughout the UK and we will always endeavour to make a fair offer even for the most rural locations. Our we buy any house service means that we endeavor to buy any house throughout England, Scotland and Wales. We are able to consider problem properties that for various reasons can't be sold through an ordinary house sale e.g. your property may require structural works before it can become mortgage-able again and therefore requires a cash buyer. If your in a sticky situation that needs specialist attention then it's worth speaking to our specialist to see how we can help.
What’s your Timescale – When speaking to us one of our first questions will be how quickly do you need to sell. If you require a particularly fast sale then we will endeavour to offer a quick cash purchase using our own cash fund and complete in the timescale that you require. However, if you do have a bit more spare time on your hands then we will be able to make you a more competitive offer that’s closer to the full market value of your home.
If you wish to sell your house fast for near market value then please ask one of our advisors about the Assisted Sale product. Most of our competitors solely offer a straight cash sale which can often be very fast in terms of timescale but may also not be so favourable in terms of the agreed sale price. Therefore, if you do have a bit more time on your hands and are able to give us a few months to fully complete the sale then we will be able buy your house fast for an amount that’s far closer to the market value. Essentially our Assisted Sale product is an exchange with a delayed completion, we will also provide you with an initial cash sum that will allow you to move on, in return you will give us a few months to fully complete the sale of your property and after this timeframe you will receive the full pre-agreed remaining balance.
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